Transnational Climate Impacts Index

The paper introduces a framework and a composite index, the Transnational Climate Impacts Index, to quantify how countries are exposed to climate change impacts occurring in other locations, emphasizing the interconnections of a globalized economy.

• The authors propose a framework to analyze transnational climate impacts, defined as those that occur in one country as a result of climate change in another place. This framework consists of nine specific indicators and a composite index called the Transnational Climate Impacts Index to quantify country-level exposure across multiple dimensions.
• The research argues that while climate impacts and adaptation are often viewed as regional or local issues, this perspective ignores the interconnections between countries and regions within a globalized economy.
• The framework utilizes nine specific indicators to measure exposure: Transboundary water dependency ratio, Bilateral climate-weighted foreign direct investment, Remittance flows, Openness to asylum, Migration from climate vulnerable countries, Trade openness, Cereal import dependency ratio, Embedded water risk, and the KOF Globalization Index.

APA

Stockholm Environment Institute (2016). Transnational Climate Impacts Index. https://www.sei.org/publications/transnational-climate-impacts-index/

Chicago

Stockholm Environment Institute. Transnational Climate Impacts Index. 2016. https://www.sei.org/publications/transnational-climate-impacts-index/.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{stockholmenvironmentinstitute2016transnational, author = {{Stockholm Environment Institute}}, title = {{Transnational Climate Impacts Index}}, institution = {Stockholm Environment Institute}, year = {2016}, month = jun, url = {https://www.sei.org/publications/transnational-climate-impacts-index/}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }